Composition to attract dissolved crystals



UNITED vSTATES `PIVIENT' OFFICE.

WILLIAM 'KoRNAcHEa or scRANToN, PENNSYLVANIA.

C oMPoSlTloN To ATTRACT DISSOLVED CRYSTALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,870, dated November 2, 1886.

Application filed August 20, 1886. Serial No. 21 l,398. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.- I Be it known that I,WILLIAM KORNACHER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, but who has declared his intention of becoming a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Scranton,in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compositions to Attract Dissolved Crystals; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andlexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in t-he art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a composition and method for attracting and forming crystals from saturated solutions of the various salts.

The object of this invention is to produce a base which can be readily molded into any desired shape, and which has embedded therein particles of the crystals to be formed, in such manner that when said base is placed in a saturatedsolution kindred to that o`f the crystals embedded therein the crystals will be` readily formed over the entire surface and a' positive-connection will be formed between them and the base, as will be more fully hereinaft'er set forth;

My invention is particularly 'adapted for the production of ornaments presenting a crystalline structure.

In the drawings, Figure l shows al piece of the composition. Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of the same formed into the shape of a hat and having the crystals deposited thereon. Figs. 3 and 4 show the same formed into other designs.

In carrying out my invention I prefer to employ a plastic material-*such as clay or paper pulp-or a selfsetting substance-such as plaster-paris and cement-and mix therewith the crystals previously reduced to a powdered state. The composition thusformed is molded into any desired shape, and, when dry or hardened, placed into a saturated solution kindred to that of the crystals contained therein, when a beautiful and uniform deposit of the crystals will take placeon the entire surface. v VBy reason of the particles of the crystals being first embedded in the composition, points are presented'which readily attract and cause the formation of the crystals on the surface, which, when formed, are not readily detachedas there is a positive connection between it and the base.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, Is-

"l, The herein-describedV method of ornamenting with crystals, consistingof first producing a base of plastic, then embedding therein particles of the crystals, and lastly placing the prepared base in asolution o f the crystals kindred to that contained in the base, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The herein described method. of producing Aornaments having crystals formed thereon, which consists in first embedding in a,y plasticy material particles of crystals, then molding the same into the desired shape and allowing it to become dry, and lastly placing it in a saturated solution of the salts kindred to that of the crystals contained therein, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM KORNAOHER.

l Witnesses:

EDWARD KELL, Enw. SIEBECKER. 

